HB 170 Adequate Education Program; delete repealer on McCoy
high-growth school district formula.
03/01 (S) Died In Committee
HB 238 Charter schools; extend repealer; establish study Warren
* commission.
04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 605 School boards; revise residency requirements of member Myers
in municipal separate school districts with added
territory.
03/01 (S) Died In Committee
HB 758 School district accounts; superintendent may pay claims Pierce
* % to be ratified by local school board.
03/16 Approved by Governor
HB 760 Southern Regional Education Board; clarify appointments Pierce
* to.
04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 823 MAEP; establish commission to study effectiveness and Pierce
* efficiency of.
03/31 (S) Died In Conference
HB 824 Public schools; establish commission to study enhanced Pierce
* educational practices.
03/01 (S) Died In Committee
HB1163 Italian language classes; establish a pilot program to Davis
offer to students in grades K-12.
03/16 Approved by Governor
HB1302 School Property Development Act of 2005; create. Watson
* % 04/20 Approved by Governor
HB1396 School boards; authorize to enter into contracts with Pierce
* % third party to consolidate central office
administrative functions.
03/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2019 School district reduction in force policy; prohibit any Ross
denial of reemployment of teachers for 18 months.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2036 Teacher license; require revocation if person convicted White
% of child abuse or child sexual abuse.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2047 Contract with private entities to provide Burton
% noninstructional services to pupils; authorize school
districts to.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2061 School board elections; elect members in all school Nunnelee
districts.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2062 Mississippi Science, Technology, Engineering and Nunnelee
Mathematics (STEM) Education Competitiveness Act;
establish.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2078 Education Employment Procedures; reduce probationary Tollison
period and include assistant teachers.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2095 School board members elected in all districts; Nunnelee
* superintendents appointed after January 1, 2008.
03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2101 Income tax; provide credit for contributions to school Nunnelee
$% tuition organizations or public schools.
02/23 (S) Died In Committee
SB2103 Homeschool students; authorize dual enrollment in Nunnelee
public schools.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2108 School-related fund-raising activities; provide certain Nunnelee
% restrictions.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2111 School term; revise first day and last day for all Nunnelee
schools.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2113 Student and Family Privacy Protection Act; enact. Nunnelee
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2134 Parent allowed to disenroll a child from full-day Tollison
kindergarten program; delete provision.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2142 School district accounts; superintendent may pay claims Chaney
* % to be ratified by local school board.
03/28 (S) Died In Conference
SB2143 Ad valorem school tax collections; clarify additional Chaney
% levy for collection costs and revise deadline for
transmitting tax collections.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2150 School bonds; majority vote required on school bond Harden
% issues.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2155 Annual leave for teachers; allow additional Harden
accumulation of personal leave.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2157 Determination of average daily attendance; computed on Harden
October 30th of each year.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2161 Reductions in Adequate Education or EEF allotments; Harden
school district revenue shortfall borrowing authority
applies to.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2162 Study selection and governance structures of local Harden
school boards; create task force.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2166 Sixteenth Section Principal funds; clarify authorized Harden
investments and refinancing of loans from.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2170 School services for special population students; Harden
require course of study in teacher preparation
curriculum and in-service staff.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2172 School districts provide an annual report of teacher Harden
vacancies to the SBE and the Legislature; require.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2177 School superintendents shall have 4 years' Browning
administrative experience; require.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2178 School term; revise first day and reduce length in all Browning
school districts.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2189 Short term notes issued by school districts; increase Harden
$% maximum levy for repayment of.
02/23 (S) Died In Committee
SB2194 Using non-wood baseball bats in public school league Nunnelee
games; prohibit.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2198 Short-term notes issued by school districts; increase Harden
$% maximum levy for repayment of.
02/23 (S) Died In Committee
SB2199 School districts may pay substitute teachers from any Harden
available district fund; authorize.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2200 Student loans; provide graduate degree teacher Harden
incentive loans to applicants agreeing to teach in
public schools or universities.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2203 Disposal of old business records of school districts; Harden
clarify process.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2210 Unused sick leave earned by teachers; authorize Harden
one-time payment by school district.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2212 Birthday cutoff date for 5- and 6-year-old enrollment Harden
in public kindergarten or first grade; move to January
1.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2215 Birthday cutoff date for 5- and 6-year-old enrollment Harden
in public kindergarten or first grade; move to August
1.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2217 Refunding bond provisions; all school districts may use Harden
$% provisions of.
02/23 (S) Died In Committee
SB2220 Substitute teachers may be paid twice per month and Harden
while student teaching; authorize.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2227 School bond issue; authorize for one-year period Harden
% without election unless petition of the electorate
calls for an election.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2234 Classroom supply funds; restore and clarify Harden
distribution and administration of.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2243 School personnel; prescribe minimum requirements for Turner
uniform employment contract for certain.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2247 Conversion of unused leave for school district Chaney
* employees; revise limitations.
03/14 Approved by Governor
SB2266 Expert citizen-teacher license; person may teach any Doxey
% course in Grades 9-12.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2272 State Board of Education expend federal funds for Chaney
licensed teachers; clarify authority.
03/15 Approved by Governor
SB2274 School districts under conservatorship; authorize SDE Chaney
* % to contract with private entity to manage.
03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2277 General Educational Developmental Test (GED) security Burton
* procedures; criminal penalties for violations of.
03/16 Approved by Governor
SB2286 Teaching and presentation of scientific creationism in Jackson (15th)
the public schools; require.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2292 School districts to purchase commodities or equipment Harden
% through state group purchasing program; authorize.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2294 School bus drivers; prohibit the use of cellular phones Ross
* while driving.
03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2295 Adequate education program appropriation and local Wilemon
* school district budgets to identify program funding
categories; require.
03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2300 Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school Jordan
attendance for all.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2302 At-risk school districts; shall adopt certain policies Simmons
% and procedures.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2312 Compulsory school attendance requirement; child who Chaney
* attains 17 years of age during the year shall complete
the school term.
03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2313 Appointments to the Council for Education Technology; Chaney
restore Senate confirmation on.
03/16 Approved by Governor
SB2315 School bonds; require 55% vote to pass. Harden
% 02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2320 School district fiscal year; same as county fiscal Cuevas
year.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2358 Social workers in school districts; provide MAEP funds Harden
for.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2375 School social workers; allot adequate program funds Simmons
for.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2376 Children-at-risk; establish the Motivating Parents and Simmons
% Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program for school districts.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2379 All school districts participate in public school Burton
choice; require.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2468 Appointments to Southern Regional Education Board; Chaney
clarify.
03/21 Approved by Governor
SB2475 Local contribution required under MAEP; includes Tollison
% amounts paid in lieu of ad valorem taxes.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2501 School district consolidation; provide for Ross
% administrative consolidation of low performing small
school districts.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2504 Mississippi Education Reform Act of 2005; enact. Chaney
* % 03/28 (S) Died In Conference
SB2505 Teacher salary scale; revise. Chaney
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2508 School board members elected in all districts; Chaney
superintendents appointed after January 1, 2008.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2513 State Board of Education to issue a nutrition integrity Dawkins
policy for Mississippi elementary and middle school
children; direct.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2536 Automatic transfer of certain students attending Horhn
nonpublic schools; authorize if test scores are
satisfactory.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2539 Performance pay plan for certified teachers; establish. Chaney
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2541 School districts; provide for elected boards, appointed Chaney
superintendents and administrative consolidation.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2542 Criminal record background checks for educational Chaney
% personnel; revise certain procedures.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2543 Education Enhancement Funds; clarify use for classroom Gordon
supplies and authorize portion for support of MAEP.
03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2560 School business administrators; provide minimum Tollison
qualifications for.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2573 Education; Teacher Retention Scholarship Grant Program Tollison
requirements.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2576 Public schools; require certain appropriate conduct by Jackson (32nd)
students.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2584 Ten Commandments; authorize display on school property. Jackson (32nd)
03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2585 Regional Alternative School Pilot Program (R.A.S.P.); Jackson (32nd)
authorize under Division of Youth Services.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2594 School bonds; require 55% vote to pass. Horhn
% 02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2612 Teacher dues check-off; authorize. Williamson
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2652 School districts; pilot program requiring pupils to Simmons
read a minimum of 4 books per school year.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2695 State-funded opportunity scholarships for students to Hewes
attend private schools; authorize.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2696 Open enrollment policy and private school opportunity Lee (35th)
scholarships; provide for.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2708 Quality Education and Teacher and Principal Protection Hewes
Act; create.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2713 Administrative consolidation of school districts in Hewes
* % certain Mississippi Gulf Coast county; provide
referendum on the question of.
02/11 (S) Motion to Reconsider Lost
SB2715 Mississippi Civic Literacy Act; enact. Hewes
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2731 Mississippi Adequate Education Program; establish Chaney
* commission to study effectiveness and efficiency of.
04/21 Approved by Governor
SB2758 Administration of Mississippi School of the Arts; Hyde-Smith
transfer from SBE to USM.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2775 School district consolidation; provide for Pickering
% administrative consolidation of small school districts.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2803 Required local revenue to support Mississippi Adequate Chaney
$% Education Program and local school tax millage cap;
increase.
02/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2850 Charter schools; create new process for establishing. Chaney
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2856 Teacher salary annual increment; authorize for up to 30 Tollison
years of teaching experience.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2930 Adequate education program; delete repealer on Flowers
high-growth school district formula.
03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2963 School Property Development Act; create. Chaney
% 02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2974 Student testing requirements for home instruction Jackson (32nd)
programs; SBE may require same standards as for public
school students.
02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SN 8 Ann Cathey Brock, Jackson, Mississippi, Mississippi GOVERNOR
Authority for Educational Television, four-year term
ending July 1, 2008.
03/25 (S) Notified of Approval
SN 25 Howell Nicholson (Hal) Gage, Vicksburg, Mississippi, GOVERNOR
State Board of Education, unexpired term ending June
30, 2007.
02/04 (S) Notified of Approval
SN 39 John Perry Sansing, Columbus, Mississippi, Educational GOVERNOR
Televison Authority, unexpired term ending June 30,
2007.
03/25 (S) Notified of Approval
SN 56 William Harold (Bill) Jones, Petal, Mississippi, State SPEAKER
Board of Education, term beginning September 20, 2004
and ending June 30, 2008.
02/04 (S) Notified of Approval
SN 90 Steven Natalie Williams, Jackson, Mississippi, State BOARD OF EDUCATION
Board of Education as Director, Office of Educational
Accountability, term effective January 1, 2005.
02/04 (S) Notified of Approval
| KEY: | * = Amended | % = 3/5ths Vote Required | V = Vetoed |
| $ = Revenue | @ = Exempted From Deadline | P = Partially Vetoed |
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